
Occultism
A ritual magic system centered around summonable spirits allows you to automate various tasks, store vast amounts of items, let demons mine in void dimensions, create powerful enchanted tools and jewelry, get support from familiars, and much much more.
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About this Mod

Magicians are widely known as powerful wielders of magic.
In truth, however, they rely on summoned spirit slaves, known as demons, who perform magic on their behalf.
This mod is inspired by the world of Jonathan Stroud's Bartimaeus. If you haven't read the books, do that now!
With the help of occult rituals you will summon spirits, also known as demons, from "The Other Place" to aid you in your adventures.
Contents
A ritual magic system centered around summonable spirits allows you to automate various tasks, store vast amounts of items, let demons mine in void dimensions, create powerful enchanted tools and jewelry, get support from familiars, and much much more.
Begin your journey by crafting the Dictionary of Spirits, and following that in-game guide, discover the secrets of the spirit world,
find otherworld groves hidden in plain sight by gaining the "Third Eye", and finally summon your first spirit.
See Screenshots for some impressions.
Looking for an overview of how things work? Take a look at the Feature Diagram.
First Steps
1. Break grass until you drop Demon's Dream Seeds, much like you would obtain vanilla wheat seeds.
2. Craft the seeds with a book to obtain the Dictionary of Spirits
3. Follow the instructions in the dictionary.
Or simply jump right in with Vallen's Bit-By-Bit on Occultism:
Feedback, Bug reports or Questions?
Join our Discord!
Alternative link: https://discord.gg/trE4SHRXvb
Use in Modpacks
Use in modpacks is allowed without restrictions, as long as you link back to this page.
If you create the modpack on curseforge a link will be automatically created in the files sections, you do not need to add a manual link.
Configuration, Recipes, Balancing
If you need help configuring the mod for your modpack, or need a specific feature for compatibility please join Discord and get in touch!
License
The source code for this mod is released under the MIT license, but some assets are available under different licenses.
View https://github.com/klikli-dev/occultism/blob/master/LICENSE for the full text.
Contributions and derivative works are welcome!
All the good-looking textures have been graciously provided by Ridanisaurus (all programmer's art is on me!),
check out their texture pack for the Enigmatica mod pack.
Special Thanks
To the (neo)forge team, without whom mods would be in the Stone Age.
To Ridanisaurus for creating the best textures this mod will ever see.
To vemerion for their new familiar content.
To feelian who made awesome new spirit models.
To Aldahel (@Aldael on X) who made the fantastic new demonic husband model.
To naj77 for providing proper skeleton skull models that can be rendered by Patchouli.
To Oblivionaire897, AlgorithmLX, Krypt0p, kappa-maintainer, IgroGames2227, Dimagreg and NiceClown for their translations.
To Lorc, Delapouite and Skoll at game-icons.net for various icons and parts of icons.
To Bonemouse for the Isabella Texture Pack that provides the basis of some block textures
Available Versions
How to Install Occultism on Your Server
Order Server
Order a Minecraft Java server with at least 3 GB RAM (4 GB recommended).
Set forge Loader
In the panel under "Egg", select the forge loader and matching Minecraft version (26.2).
Install Mod
Open the mod browser in the dashboard and search for "Occultism". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.
Compatibility
Mod Loaders
Minecraft Versions
26.2, 26.1.2, 26.1 (+10 more)
Server-side
✓ RequiredRecommended RAM
4 GB(min. 3 GB)Frequently Asked Questions
Occultism server crashes on startup – what to do?
Most common cause: wrong forge version or insufficient RAM. Check the server log (latest.log) for "OutOfMemoryError" or "Mixin" errors. With Mado Hosting: ensure at least 3 GB RAM is allocated and the loader matches the mod version (26.2). You can switch loaders with one click in the panel.
Is Occultism compatible with forge and neoforge?
Occultism officially supports forge, neoforge for Minecraft 26.2, 26.1.2, 26.1. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.
Server lagging with Occultism – how to optimize performance?
Recommended RAM: 4 GB (per 8 players). Use /spark profiler to check if Occultism consumes the most tick time. Common fixes: reduce server view-distance to 8-10, install "performant" or "starlight" as supplementary mods on Forge. With Mado Hosting, your server runs on NVMe SSDs with dedicated CPU cores for minimal latency.
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